The top court has halted circulation of the disputed section and sought committee records, while NCERT has withdrawn the book and promised revisions after consultation.
What is democracy if not the battle of ideas? Will India be the phoenix of freedom or the phoenix of fear?
One pernicious doctrine to hit the world of letters is of the 'usefulness' of education. The obsession with the earning power of learning ignores the fact that education must be useful in more ways than one, and that the development of an individual goes far beyond the vocational role it is called upon to fulfil. The effect of such doctrine may be seen all around us. We have highly skilled lawyers, doctors and technocrats who are insensitive towards fundamental human values
